RANKING · 2020 CENSUS · 100 SHOWN OF 100

Most public transit riders, North Carolina counties · 2020

North Carolina counties with the most workers commuting by public transportation, as of the 2020 American Community Survey. Ranked by number of commuters, not the transit share. This list covers the 100 counties in North Carolina that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 100 is 42.

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPTRANSIT COMMUTERSVS –

01Mecklenburg County, NCNC1,233,38315,045–

02Wake County, NCNC1,257,2355,652–

03Durham County, NCNC347,2404,846–

04Orange County, NCNC152,4984,349–

05Guilford County, NCNC562,2343,629–

06Forsyth County, NCNC401,7181,506–

07Cabarrus County, NCNC249,7251,002–

08Buncombe County, NCNC277,417937–

09Pitt County, NCNC182,936812–

10Cumberland County, NCNC338,473777–

11Onslow County, NCNC217,175499–

12Union County, NCNC267,674477–

13New Hanover County, NCNC245,959444–

14Brunswick County, NCNC174,702439–

15Watauga County, NCNC54,786389–

16Gaston County, NCNC246,558347–

17Catawba County, NCNC170,172334–

18Iredell County, NCNC211,798319–

19Nash County, NCNC99,365257–

20Hoke County, NCNC56,939244–

21Davidson County, NCNC180,182230–

22Johnston County, NCNC256,448224–

23Chatham County, NCNC85,111221–

24Wayne County, NCNC122,278219–

25Rowan County, NCNC155,096212–

26Lenoir County, NCNC55,837187–

27Edgecombe County, NCNC49,121178–

28Robeson County, NCNC119,941152–

29Craven County, NCNC105,025147–

30Lee County, NCNC70,258147–

31Lincoln County, NCNC98,654140–

32Alamance County, NCNC186,177130–

33Pender County, NCNC72,111125–

34Burke County, NCNC88,655120–

35Randolph County, NCNC149,516120–

36Henderson County, NCNC122,375107–

37Bertie County, NCNC17,086103–

38Carteret County, NCNC70,46993–

39Sampson County, NCNC61,50489–

40Franklin County, NCNC82,03782–

41Harnett County, NCNC150,13779–

42Granville County, NCNC61,42177–

43Wilson County, NCNC81,15075–

44Moore County, NCNC110,61974–

45Rockingham County, NCNC94,19572–

46Richmond County, NCNC42,04164–

47Person County, NCNC40,63652–

48Surry County, NCNC72,28749–

49Avery County, NCNC18,11042–

50Wilkes County, NCNC66,23342–

51Chowan County, NCNC14,08237–

52Rutherford County, NCNC65,74535–

53Swain County, NCNC14,02435–

54Cleveland County, NCNC103,32534–

55Hertford County, NCNC19,01534–

56Beaufort County, NCNC44,67032–

57Stanly County, NCNC68,83032–

58Davie County, NCNC45,85531–

59Transylvania County, NCNC34,21127–

60Columbus County, NCNC50,48726–

61Jackson County, NCNC45,03926–

62Cherokee County, NCNC30,83024–

63Hyde County, NCNC4,55421–

64Macon County, NCNC39,23221–

65Pasquotank County, NCNC42,20120–

66Stokes County, NCNC46,12620–

67Northampton County, NCNC16,49117–

68Alleghany County, NCNC11,47916–

69Vance County, NCNC42,63816–

70Madison County, NCNC22,55315–

71Halifax County, NCNC46,53415–

72Caldwell County, NCNC81,10514–

73Martin County, NCNC21,60112–

74Pamlico County, NCNC12,75811–

75Greene County, NCNC20,70010–

76Yadkin County, NCNC38,32510–

77Ashe County, NCNC27,5149–

78Haywood County, NCNC63,3699–

79Polk County, NCNC20,5338–

80Warren County, NCNC18,8988–

81Currituck County, NCNC33,1587–

82Dare County, NCNC38,2457–

83Bladen County, NCNC30,0076–

84McDowell County, NCNC45,1986–

85Tyrrell County, NCNC3,5375–

86Montgomery County, NCNC26,4034–

87Scotland County, NCNC33,3224–

88Camden County, NCNC11,3153–

89Duplin County, NCNC51,5713–

90Graham County, NCNC8,1901–

91Jones County, NCNC9,5751–

92Anson County, NCNC21,7580–

93Caswell County, NCNC22,5630–

94Clay County, NCNC12,2390–

95Gates County, NCNC10,2340–

96Mitchell County, NCNC15,0620–

97Perquimans County, NCNC13,4900–

98Washington County, NCNC10,6380–

99Yancey County, NCNC19,0840–

100Alexander County, NCNC36,9580–

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS